Title |
Smoking behaviour, knowledge and attitudes among Family Medicine physicians and nurses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Published in |
BMC Primary Care, June 2004
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-5-12 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Geoffrey Hodgetts, Teresa Broers, Marshall Godwin |
Abstract |
Smoking rates among the general population in Bosnia and Herzegovina are extremely high, and national campaigns to lower smoking rates have not yet begun. As part of future activities of the Queen's University Family Medicine Development Program in the Balkans Region, technical assistance may be provided to Bosnia and Herzegovina to develop of national tobacco control strategies. This assistance may focus on training doctors and nurses on smoking cessation strategies with a view to helping their patients to stop smoking. Given this important role that health professionals have, data is needed on smoking rates as well as on smoking behaviour among doctors and nurses in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This study therefore seeks to determine the smoking rates and behaviour of family medicine physicians and nurses in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to determine how well prepared they feel with respect to counselling their patients on smoking cessation strategies. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 67 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 12 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 15% |
Other | 9 | 13% |
Researcher | 7 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
Other | 13 | 19% |
Unknown | 12 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 38% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 9% |
Psychology | 5 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
Other | 6 | 9% |
Unknown | 16 | 24% |